Re: Real Mode,16 bit Programming (Intel x86) on Windows XP?

santosh wrote:
mojo0716@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Is there anyway this can be done? Accessing hardware and everything.
How about via a DOS emulator or DOS virtual machine? Any other way?

Yes. Windows XP can run 16 bit programs under it's DOS emulator. But

32 bit XP can, 64 bit XP can't.

unrestricted hardware access is a no no.

That's not quite correct. VGA graphics is emulated very well, so
DOS graphics programs should mostly work. To access other IO ports
(like serial or parallel port) you first have to allow access to the
IO ports. I use userport.exe ( http://www.embeddedtronics.com/design&ideas.html )
.

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